narrator: there are many conflicting claims to land in south africa.he government has tried to work around this problem by underwriting the cost of black citizens purchasing land from white farmers who are willing to sell. this program aims to redress injustice but also to develop the rural economy, where the black population lives in conditions of dire poverty. man: our challenge is not just to give people land because there is a demand for land, but to... to... approaching this matter in a fair manner to ensure that people get access to that resource which they will then use to the benefit of the country as a whole. narrator: now, seven years after the transition to democracy, how is land reform in south africa progressing? what successes in securing justice and promoting rural economic development can the government and the people claim? so we are moving towards the westward, the kalahari. narrator: geographer brent mccusker is studying a rural area in the northern province to analyze the impacts of reform. is this true scrub land or is it more sava

that in africa. some of those people that were critical of the year we see they give the impression the epidemic is worse and the world is a "tinderbox" why but it organization and do that? and in some cases be wrong by 100%? >> guest: talk about u.n. aids. these are not a bad people. they were motivated to get to. >> host: he was one of the first people. >> guest: yes. to describe the extent and africa. they have worked very hard. god bless them. but i do think but in trying to raise the alarm politically about the severity of the epidemic come with the dated crept down. hiv is hard to track. you get it today but don't show it to nine years later later, not like the flute or cholera. but in the nineties the estimates of the cases were overestimated. so then you hear talk about 45 million cases and it gets worse every over all the time. only starting around 2003 would better science comes in. and it starts to do rigorous simply like a census bureau going shanty to shanty to test people. with that mor

first trade missions to africa. assistant secretary johnny carson just took a large delegation of american energy firms to africa to meet with government officials, to meet with utility companies and businesses to talk about how the products and expertise of american energy companies could really enhance development of the energy secretary in africa. secondly, we're doing a lot of other energy work through our newly-constituted energy bureau because africa is so blessed with energy resources that are either not developed or underdeveloped and underutilized or being developed in ways that are not good for sustainable development. so you know, we are interacting at the highest levels of government to try to work on that. thirdly, the growth and opportunities act is a tremendous tool. we have actively worked the last three years to, you know, help countries take better advantage of it. a lot of countries that are members don't really utilize it to the fullest. and also to work with countries that could benefit from it.

and are you planning on visiting africa in the near future to take a delegation to africa? >> thank you very much, congressman. on the question of targeting exports, we target all over the world. all over the world. with regard to -- for example, i'm just back, as i indicated, from india. took 16 u.s. businesses, outstanding businesses. i think it was fruitful. things will follow very positively. we have some arrangements. with regard to subsaharan africa, though, i've personally been there. in this new role i have not been there yet. i would like to talk with you a little further about the opportunities you see there. i have been meeting with senior most leaders from sub sa haran africa to a degree. for example, i met with -- is it prime minister or president of ghana when he was here. i've met senior officials from nigeria when they're here. in my own business, i did quite a lot in south africa. that was my energy business, but i think you're right that that deserves priority and focus and i'd like to go further with it and i'd like to talk to you about any ideas you migh

he is a hero because he forced congressional attention on africa. a town filled with hot air, he taught us to say nothing often. he is a hero because he won more washington battles with his ears than his mouth. he is a hero because his life is measured not by its duration, but by its donation. i'm united methodist, and john wesley who laid the foundation to what we call today methodism said our people die well. donald payne is a hero because he died well. blessed are the dead which die in the lord. they rest from their labor and their works do follow them. let me conclude by just telling you that i was really impressed when i saw the funeral of leonard brezhnev, the former soviet leader. his widow, without the knowledge of the leaders of the party or the kgb stood by his casket after all were seated. and just before they pulled the lid down, she did the unthinkable. in the soviet union. she put her hand over in the casket on her husband's chest. she made the sign of the cross. in the citadel of the war on religion, she made the sign of the cross on

but there was more eyes on africa in a way then because africa was seen as strategically important.african republican where kony is now, nobody really cares about it, and that's why he is able to do what he is doing there. >> are the pirates that we hear about another version of this phenomena, no ideology, but essentially criminal gangs? >> yeah. i mean, the pirates, they just won't quit. it's amazing that the longevity and the ambition of these guys. there was just a hijacking where the pirates attacked a ship in the maldives, something like 2,000 miles east of somalia. and these are, you know, uneducated guys with rusty guns and flip-flops, you know, setting out to sea and, you know, derelict boats. they use mother ships now, which is like a hijacked tanker that they've taken, and that's their floating base. and they go out as far as they can go, and then they send out skiffs. it's a symptom of a failed state. the pirates are successful in somalia because they have a place to retreat to. there are still large parts of the country that are lawless. and in -- under the authority of

and africa and its prospects in general. for stopping by. >> it's good to be back. >> what was it like to be with the ugandan army while it was trying to find joseph kony? >> it was a pretty amazing experience. the ugandan army has been trying to capture konq for years, and now they're stretched away from uganda. they've gone into sudan, south sudan, central african republic, congo. they invited me to go with them on this manhunt. it was some of the roughest terrain i have ever experienced. i mean, impenetratable jungle that we were hacking our ways through. walking up to our necks in this black water, these rivers that flow through the jungle. there was this leaf that these ugandan soldiers had warned me about. they said whatever you do don't touch this leaf as you with r walking through the jungle, and i was wearing full clothes, of course, and i brushed up against it once, and my whole body itched, and i'm convinced there are things in that congolese jungle that science has yet to discover. >> you had a machete. >> i was

we travel to central africa to the frontline of the fight to save these creatures and meet one man who's dedicating his life to their protection. >> joseph: i've always been fascinated with the local wild animals but before i was powerless to protect them. >> daljit: but now dr joseph okouyi is anything but powerless. he is engaged in a dangerous struggle against a criminal network to protect these animals - his life-long passion. >> joseph: when i was young, i had a dog - i ate out of the same bowl as my dog. i don't think you could do this work without a passion for animals. >> daljit: this work is to be the chief warder leading teams of guards trying to save the lives of the animals in gabon's ivindo national park - 1200 square miles of almost- impenetrable virgin rainforest. and one of the animals joseph has dedicated his life to protect is the local forest-elephant. the largest land-animal on our planet, whose intelligence and maternal instincts are well-known, elephants are extensively hunted and killed for their valuable ivory tusks. and these majestic animals are now severely end

we were on a delegation that donald helped arrange and lead to darfur and to africa.ything you did with donald, you were better prepared when you went, better received when you got there, and better able to help when you left, whether it was the elimination of poverty, the eradication of disease, promotion of peace, ending violence, protecting human rights, you name it. but this trip we were going to darfur and other -- sudan and other countries in africa. and donald helped arrange everything. but when we were going to khartoum, he said i'm not going. you remember this, max? he said i'm not going. and i said well why? you're our leader. he said they're not going to tell you the truth. i already know that. i'm not going to give them that opportunity. but you have to find out for yourselves. which we did, didn't we, max, on that trip. it wasn't just about visiting heads of states and parliamentarians. it was about visiting people in hiv/aids clinics to see the care they were receiving. it was about visiting women working in soweto. it was about learning about the countr

the côte d'ivoire road network is one of the most modern in tropical africa.e disadvantaged northern regions. so was moving e capital north in ttoamoussoukro,. signed to rebalance the country geogphically. of course, yamoussoukro was the birthplace of then-president houphouet-boigny, so the move was controversial, especially because of the enormous cost, including the basilica notre dame de la paix, it extended the reach modeled aof christianityn. from its traditional southern base towards the islamic north, helping to make yamoussoukro a kind of rward capital, complete with a new university center. the creation of new services and facilities also attcted a populationof up . single-story housing sprang up along the wide avenues, and small businesses multiplied along the old footpaths. in other areas of the country, too, commercial and crafts centers emerged. one of those was yopougon-- a populous area of more t. but most wealth was still cee(ewoman speaking freh ) translator: i import and export anything: caclots,oos. at the moment, i'm dealing with italy, bel

the international hydro association says the hydro potential in africa is twice the energy needs of africa. and it's not a new -- a known risky unscaled technology like renewables. why don't we hear more about hydro? >> great. >> carlos? >> great questions. and i'll try to go through them quickly, because, in fact, on just about each individual one of those, we can have a little seminar to talk about them. and, in fact, that's part of what we need to do to continue to develop these. in terms of the kinds of commitments that are helpful -- you cannot hear me? how about now, better? okay. in terms of the kinds of things that the business community can do, one of the things that's been absolutely critical is getting insights from the business community on standards and performance that you had been putting forward that are absolutely key to then integrating into a global dialogue, and then for countries to be able to pick up on these and integrate them into their discussion. i mentioned sort of in running the issue of building codes. we obviously have lead standards that start in the united s

look at the resources available in east africa. and you look sort of 10, 15 years ahead, say let's do 2025, the demand in these five or six countries in east africa can be met by a mix which would be about 1/3 geothermal power, which is very clean, 1/3 hydro power, and 1/3 of it would be from gas or other sources. so you could get a 33, 33, 33% mix in east africa over a period of time. but that action has to start today to get to that mix. today the mix is heavily weighted in favor of fossil fuels and hydro power. but to balance that mix of power over time, investments in geothermal exploration, investments in finding the right kind of responsible hydro power projects that can be done with minimum impact on the environment, these are some of the issues that we are helping these countries with the long-range planning, finding ways in which you can set the goals today, set the ground today so that ten years from now you end up with that kind of mix. >> let me go back for a minute to the question. i think i answered nancys, what is th

the new south africa. we are in the heart of south africa's largest blacktownship. so where to is an apart tied -- atart hide sandreags that's why the people here became the nucleus against the white minority rule. we've come here to see whether the lives of the people have improved in the west since the end of apartheid. south africans throughout the country would tell you that lives have changed dramatically here. they scored paved roads. they have got clean water, electric tim. there are a lot more new houses. and hospitals and schools. but while all of that has been achieved since 1994, there is still a huge crime problem. and we are beginning to see that cancer of corruption looming in this country. a lot of has been achieved, yes, it's true, south africa has for example hosted successfully the 2010 fifa world cup. south africa has had democratically elected presidents, changing governments, the first with nelson mandela. and now, jacob zuma is coming to the end of his first term but will there's are huge problems of poverty skin equality. so 18 years since the

a huge hydro potential in africa, southern africa. some people have a glint in the eye about the drc, potentially, powering all of africa. this guy, vijay ira used to run the, the power, was it power sector, all energy sector for africa at world bank. it is a topic maybe we can come back to. i think there is a huge amount of phone shall there, especially with some change happening in south africa now and being a bigger market that could essentially be the demand focus that helps provide financial security necessary for financing in the hydro sector. >> i would like you to answer the questions that you thought most relevant to you. if you could add to your remarks something about how you having lived through the original rio would advise this president if you were serving in the was to think about the question about whether he should go and to think about how to define u.s. contribution at rio. you have a special window into that decision making process. i think the audience would benefit from your analysis of how that decision would b

communication with the drumming patterns. >> (speaking spanish). >> this was what was going on in africa. >> (speaking spanish). >> and from some of the sounds they used to play that we almost lost all of them we still have some that he remembers. >> (speaking spanish). >> for instance -- >> (speaking spanish). >> this means "attention be alert. something is going to happen". >> (speaking spanish). >> wake up. wake up. >> wake up, wake up. (speaking spanish). >> and this are some of the drumming patterns that have been rescued by the cultural association. >> (speaking spanish). >> the african and review itse s size. >> (speaking spanish). >> to the actual size that he has. >> (speaking spanish). >> the reason why this drum was reduced in its size it was the intention of hiding it from the dominant class so they will not be oppressed by playing it. >> (speaking spanish) (drums). >> (speaking spanish). >> for these wonderful instrument called cajon it's put into different styles. also the cajon today is incorporated intd international music. >> (speaking spanish). >> (drums). (music). (app

his body has now been taken to south africa. the man once referred to as china's most wanted has again on trial. he is accused of bribing officials and smuggling goods in one of china's biggest political scandals. he was repapuated last year after 12 years on the run in canada. doctors say they are in a race against time to stop the spread of potentially untreatable malaria. a new strain of the disease has emerged on the border of thigh land and burma which is resistant to the most effective treatments. experts fear the drug run it malaria could spread to india and africa. >> malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year. it's caused by a parasite that is spread by mosquitos and those in the world's poorest countries are most at risk. those who contact malaria are treated with a drug but a few years ago, scientists in cambodia noticed a worrying change. malaria victims were taking longer to recover. the medicine was not working. that drug run it strain of the disease has now been discovered on the border between thigh

the president's body has been taken to south africa. although there has been no official announcement of his death. joining me on the line from johannesburg is our correspondent. is there reason why this announcement is being held up at the moment? >> i think there is concern about what exactly will be announced. not only the death, but the succession issue. the vice president is the next in line. joyce banda. she was kicked out of the ruling party last year. and mutharika's brother, foreign minister peter mutharika, has stepped in also. a lot of speculation in malawi. the president was admitted to hospital where he suffered a massive heart attack thrfment were attempts to revive him that were unsuccessful. his body, as you say, flown to south africa, although we have no further details. this was largely to buy time and also to make preparations for a funeral. we are expecting an announcement in the next hour or so from the malawian authorities. >> thank you very much. >> the man once to referred to as the most wanted fugitive has gone

same was the case of south africa. it was not the compliance issue, but when south africa had dismantled its old nuclear weapons program and iaea verified that in '92. it went fairly swiftly when this was a cooperation. but then when the confrontation is taken like currently is the case with syria and iran and north korea, things drag. and unfortunately at the same time, the countries if they want to do, they can reach capabilities and they're closer and closer, higher and higher on the ladder to get the nuclear weapons capability if not capacity. and there is also a difference in my view what is the nuclear weapons capability. actually, you should not do this sort of research which iran has done. we should not cheer they stopped some of the activities in 2003 because the information is there. this part of the program should be dismantled. first establish what exactly took place, how wide it was. it should be dismantled or make unusual in a verifiable manner. and then there should be a long term monitoring in place lik

defending his africa open title in january. now it's a boxing and probably the most famous voice in the sports i'm talking about the man who's known throughout the world for his catchphrase let's get ready to rumble ring announcer nigel botha has been speaking exclusively to r.t. . it's a great evolution and it says it's taken a sport that. you know that a lot of eastern europeans and many russians dominated in the olympics for the last quarter century and analyse believe it the fruits of all the labors of the people premium and boxing and training. else will come in. and see the seed ball to the spread so as to get more money for the potential to have a lot of the world champions for. the arenas in our first sabrina said it was great it was here you have the world championships later and now we'll check in with the fence televised around the thousands of people go to see if they've played now recognize the fighters and it's really great environment for bonds. and it started it because there was a period where and it still exis

supremacy versus the freedom and dignity of african people south africa which would be a. logical first choice but wherever people are fighting for freedom you know that kind of but i have a time and it gets my attention and moves my passion you turn sixty eight at the end of the month which means you will have spent more than half of your life behind bars and most people said even begin to imagine that what is it like how does it change your. the point of fact that i spent most of my life. bigger percentage of my life. and i cannot have had a profound effect on consciousness and on. the way one sees and interacts with the world. i like to tell myself that i've actually spent a lot of the time. on the bars and in other countries and you know. other parts of the world because i did so mentally but mental can only take you so far. the truth of the matter is i spent most of my living years in my lifetime on death row so in many ways even to this day in my own mind. if not it back i'm still on your story has really become a symbol for many of our flawed justice system do you p

the strains betting on to india and africa. the managing director at the office of the un special envoy says the world must act quickly. >> it is unclear how long it would take to spread over india and africa. four years ago, when it first pettit emerging in cambodia, we are announcing it on the burmese border. -- are now seeing it on the burmese border. we could see it spread to parts of india and africa. that is if we do not do something about it. >> we are. >> new dennison is being developed? >> new medicine is being developed. there are two products that have been approved. there are products coming down the pipe in the next couple of years. in addition, the world health organization launched a very aggressive plan for containment. if it is executed, we will be able to slow the spread before it gets to the shores of india or africa. >> what makes the spectacular straying so bad? how is it able to defeat the medicines we have? oldestria is mankind's foe. the trick has always been to stay a step ahead of it. the chromosomes i

center and in london we go to james snyder he is the editor in chief of think africa press all right gentlemen this is cross talk you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage and peter if i'm if i go to you in washington first what is in play here let's before we talk about what's going on with the coup now and afterwards let's talk about how we got there i mean there seems to be this rule of thumb is that critics of the libya intervention say i told you so the law of unintended consequences if you shake up the regime forcefully and impose order there you're going to have a i'd undesirable effect and we've got one in mali is that a fair reading a fair narrative. well i think there's a great deal of truth in it the fact is for all his faults colonel gadhafi was more or less in his box in recent years and he kept by himself all sorts of undesirable actors once that regime collapsed some of these actors including some of the toerags who are now causing the problems in northern mali returned home bringing with them weapons and fighters and that has spread throughout the sah

my first trip to africa. been to 16-18 countries out in but i'll never forget the first time i went courtesy of a african-american writer, and what resonates with me. my own world this, three-bedroom trailer, being deep in poverty being laughed at every day and made fun of every day, felt pain in all ways, all worlds. i resonated with her book even when i was -- and this has been such an inspiration for me over the years, primarily bus it's hard to find a writer who speaks with greater clarity and more courage. she is so courageous and so clear what she wants to say, clear to the appoint of unsettling you, clear to the point of unhousing you. so clear in her work. so those are some of the -- there are many others, and i get to chance to be inspired with news and transfirmed every day, talk to so many wonderful writers. >> my mom and my dad's country, i'm from ghana, too. >> i loved it. >> at it kind of mandatory. so, then, books for you -- obviously you interview authors all the time in your work, but in the

there's a report there's talk of regional instability across africa and across to somalia and kenya. the report cites the example of nigeria, which is still focused on a local campaign, but recent deadly spectaculars suggest it's building connections with other groups. the u.k.-based think tank says there are new groups. our world affairs correspondent joins me now. this is really pulling together information that we've had coming in for a while now, but what are the main findings? >> well, i think implied in this report, first of all, is that al qaeda has been on the back foot, it is weakened, but it is looking for new partnerships to regenerate and regroup. and i think what this report does, if you like, is underline what weapon intelligence has been saying for some time in terms of the shift, for example, towards africa. but the scale of it, you know, potentially a huge sway of territory across saharan and sub saharan africa, and the challenges that potentially represents for intelligence services and western intelligence services in getting to grips with and tracking that kind of

as a member of the africa subcommittee of the foreign relations committee and one who travels to africa quite frequently, i have just returned from a trip to meet in part with our special forces and u.s. advisors that have been deployed in those countries to help assist in the search for joseph kony. i would like to share with the senate the information about what america is doing, what joseph kony has done and how important our commitment is to central africa to see to it that this evil man is brought to justice. joseph kony is under indictment by the international criminal court today, but for 26 years he has roamed central africa with his lord's resistance army, killing, raping and maiming the african people. by some estimates, joseph kony has abducted 66,000 children into his army or young women into sex slaves. he has displaced over two million africans into camps, and they have had to be displaced because their villages were destroyed, their families were disrupted, and he has killed untold tens of thousands of people. he is by all stretch and all imagination an evil person. invis

of africa. she is one of the first to have a holiday and all of africa. today will be an annual celebration for environmental activities throughout the continent. i think you on behalf of greenbelt international. >> and so, with all the work that mr. johnson has done all over the world, we go out to the various communities, district 11, we go to community meetings, we look for ways to help them doing all sorts of work. and one person that is always there and in support of the project that the city agencies are doing, it is a supervisor of district 11. welcome. >> how are you all doing? it is great to be here. it is a great turnout for a great day, i was doing work in the city. the only way we can warm up is to go out and do the work. i want to say happy arbor day. this city is in the middle of great change. we have friends of the urban forest, a lot around san francisco that are helping to make sure we have a well- maintained urban forest. we planted hundreds of trees. i think we could use a few

the music came from africa. there are slave testimonies to the fact that music came from africa. and so that is the root of african-american music which is renowned around the world. the other thing that happened is that in the u.s. especially, we lost the ability to use the drum. we did not lose the ability to use rhythm. the -- which is the most direct link to africa, we use the staff and hand clapping. we are going to do a song that will become familiar to me -- to you in a moment. it was put together by our musical director who is holding the staff. and our soloists will be carolyn and nedra. when i ask you to join in, i want you to help us out. all right? thank you very much. [applause] [singing] [drums and singing] ♪ in the water ♪ ♪ [applause] [singing] ♪ ♪ [singing] [applause] >> the project. [applause] let's give them another round. ok. that brings us to the acknowledgements and closing remarks. on behalf of the san francisco african-american historical society, i would -- something like this cannot happen without the involvement of a lot of people. and some of those peo

here the rain of east-central africa collects in the giant lake victoria.ts waters drain to the north, giving rise o of the world's great rirs, the nile descending from the african highlands, the nile winds through one of earth's most arid landscapes. coursing through the vast desert of northern africa, the waters of the nile nourish a ribbon of green across the sun-baked terrain. and 4,000 miles from its source, the nile puts forth its greatest gift-- a lush and fertile delta that ushered in one of the world's oldest civilizations. near the neck of the delta is the city of cairo. dathstets arive-- 11 million people crowd the city, 68 million crowd the country. and though the bounty of the nile is great, the agriculture it supports is not sufficient to feed the people of egypt. and so the pressure to use more of the nile's water for desert irrigation mounts. the nile valley is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. ninety-five percent of egypt's people live on and depend on just five percent of the land. but the nile river and its narrow ribb

hurt by the crimes of this terrible man and remember, there's so much more we can and should do in africa and around the world to promote america values. we welcome your voice, we're listening to your concerns and we look forward to working together. >> that will video was in large part motivated by a desire tore respond to the millions from young people around the world who have been engaged by and encouraged to be active on this issue by invisible children, by resolve, by the enough project and by their joint efforts to publicize this on going decades long scourge in central africa. it really is i think a once in a generation moment when we have the attention of millions of folks around the world and so i want us to now move to our first panel to hear about the status of the hunt for joseph kony, the multilateral effort against the lra, america's investments in recovery and i want to thank the two the senators to my left, both for their participation in the video and for their long leadership on this issue. at that, i'd like to ask senator isakson for his opening statement before we go

he fuel conflicts around africa. the phone "lord of war" is believed to be based on his exploits. the case led to tensions between moscow and washington. russia claimed they u.s.'s pursuit of ham was politically motivated. american prosecutors say that boot was ready, willing and able to form terrorists. the man once called the merchant of death is beginning his sentence, confined to prison, unable to deal in weapons. >> doctors say they are in a race against time to halt the spread of potentially untreatable malaria pit a strain has emerged in the border of thailand and burma that is resistant to treatment. experts say that, if it cannot be defeated, many more lives can be lost to the disease with the strain spreading onto india and africa. the managing director of the office of u.s. special envoy to military says that the world must act quickly. >> it is unclear how long it would take to spread to india and africa. just about four years to five years ago, when resistance started emerging in cambodia, we now see it on the thai-burmese border. at that rate, in six years to seven y

toyota aims to export 20,000 units to south africa each year. more japanese and south korean automakers with plants in india are positioning the country as their new production platform and increasing exports of cars made there. >> translator: we succeeded in remodeling india-targeted cars for south africa. i look forward to seeing more moves of this kind. >>> chinese researchers in northeastern china have unearthed fossils of an unknown species of large feathered dinosaur. the new discovery could provide clues to studying the evolution of the animals. the researchers say the fossils found in the province of lianing have been identified as a nine-meter long dinosaur species. these resemble the primitive feathers found on smaller dinosaur species. experts say it has been widely believed that large dinosaurs were featherless since they had difficulty controlling their body temperature. the discovery will be published on thursday in the british journal nature. >>> it's a beautiful sunny day in tokyo. sayaka mori joins us with the world weather fore